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naksci_news_1000642_d/m/YAutomatic insulinFri, 13 Feb 2015 23:24:20 +0000<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/typo3temp/GB/7e30599397.jpg"></td><td> A form of long-acting insulin that automatically activates itself in response to blood sugar levels has been engineered by scientists in the US.
Treatment with insulin has revolutionised the control...</td></tr></table>Naked Science Newshttp://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/news/news/1000641/
naksci_news_1000641_d/m/YSmell test for Parkinson's DiseaseFri, 13 Feb 2015 23:17:46 +0000<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/typo3temp/GB/9234d1c5de.jpg"></td><td> A trial to pick up the presence of Parkinson's Disease using chemicals in exhaled air has launched in Cambridge.
Diagnoses of Parkinson's Disease are usually made on clinical grounds following an ex...</td></tr></table>Naked Science Newshttp://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/news/news/1000640/
naksci_news_1000640_d/m/YPhysics of popcornFri, 13 Feb 2015 23:12:32 +0000<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/typo3temp/GB/b9767f02d1.jpg"></td><td> Scientists have solved the mystery of what makes popcorn pop.
Armed with a packet of popcorn, a high speed camera and a hotplate, Emmanuel Virot and Alexandre Ponomarenko, who have published their a...</td></tr></table>Naked Science Newshttp://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/news/news/1000639/
naksci_news_1000639_d/m/YHappy wordsFri, 13 Feb 2015 17:23:00 +0000<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/typo3temp/GB/922aa814c5.jpg"></td><td> Human languages are naturally dominated by words with positive associations, a new study has found.
A team of scientists selected 100,000 of the most used words in ten languages from across the World...</td></tr></table>Naked Science Newshttp://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/news/news/1000638/
naksci_news_1000638_d/m/YScorpion venom helps find new medicinesFri, 6 Feb 2015 13:52:08 +0000<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/typo3temp/GB/06763d9df4.jpg"></td><td> A novel approach to detecting interactions between scorpion venom and its target molecule could aid in the discovery of new drugs for treatment of a wide range of nerve disorders.
A major therapeutic...</td></tr></table>Naked Science Newshttp://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/news/news/1000637/
naksci_news_1000637_d/m/YLooking at the crust's underbellyFri, 6 Feb 2015 13:24:54 +0000<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/typo3temp/GB/4e6d3313f5.jpg"></td><td> Scientists have seen the underside of a tectonic plate for the first time.
The Earth's surface or "crust" is divided up into a jigsaw of giant plates, each of which is about up to 200 kilometres thic...</td></tr></table>Naked Science Newshttp://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/news/news/1000636/
naksci_news_1000636_d/m/YLosing sleep over screensFri, 6 Feb 2015 12:54:09 +0000<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/typo3temp/GB/9f1cb17ac1.jpg"></td><td> Exposure to computer screens and other electronic devices is disturbing the sleep of teenagers, a new study has shown.
More than 95% of US teenagers have at least one electronic device in the bedroom...</td></tr></table>Naked Science Newshttp://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/news/news/1000635/
naksci_news_1000635_d/m/YPositive thinking improves your healthFri, 6 Feb 2015 11:47:42 +0000<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/typo3temp/GB/a223e0559c.jpg"></td><td> The simple activity of thinking about our core values can improve how we respond to health advice, scientists from the University of Pennsylvania have concluded.
Despite the surge in public hea...</td></tr></table>Naked Science Newshttp://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/news/news/1000634/
naksci_news_1000634_d/m/YAsteroid fly-pastFri, 30 Jan 2015 13:59:12 +0000<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/typo3temp/GB/8410629ab8.jpg"></td><td> The Earth was buzzed this week at 50,000 kilometres per hour by the 300 metre wide asteroid 2004 BL86, which, new images reveal, even has its own moon!
The distance to the passing near Earth ob...</td></tr></table>Naked Science Newshttp://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/news/news/1000633/
naksci_news_1000633_d/m/YScientists "unboil" eggsFri, 30 Jan 2015 10:24:01 +0000<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/typo3temp/GB/459794d4d9.jpg"></td><td> Scientists in the US and Australia have developed a technique that has enabled them to reverse the cooking effects of boiling an egg.
Writing in ChemBioChem, University of California, Irvine, scient...</td></tr></table>Naked Science Newshttp://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/news/news/1000632/
naksci_news_1000632_d/m/YSystem of Earth-sized planets spottedFri, 30 Jan 2015 09:59:50 +0000<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/typo3temp/GB/6433260790.jpg"></td><td> A clutch of Earth-sized planets discovered around a star 100 light years from Earth means the odds of extraterrestrial life existing have just increased dramatically.
Using the Kepler space tel...</td></tr></table>Naked Science Newshttp://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/news/news/1000631/
naksci_news_1000631_d/m/YStress affects health of developing babyWed, 28 Jan 2015 09:56:55 +0000<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/typo3temp/GB/c273d4e6f4.jpg"></td><td> Increased levels of the stress hormones, glucocorticoids, can cause babies to be born smaller, Cambridge University researchers have shown.
Small foetal size is often a sign of poor foetal nutrition...</td></tr></table>Naked Science Newshttp://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/news/news/1000630/
naksci_news_1000630_d/m/YClimate shapes how languages evolveTue, 27 Jan 2015 18:01:23 +0000<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/typo3temp/GB/f0629d92ae.jpg"></td><td> Languages which rely heavily on tone to convey meaning are more common in warm, humid parts of the world, according to a recent study.Tone is the variation in pitch which can be used to change the mea...</td></tr></table>Naked Science Newshttp://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/news/news/1000629/
naksci_news_1000629_d/m/YPets and wildlife sharing diseasesTue, 27 Jan 2015 17:45:14 +0000<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/typo3temp/GB/a9c1fb49cc.jpg"></td><td> A versatile virus makes disease control difficult where humans and wildlife meet, according to a recent study published in the journal PNAS.
The team were investigating the dynamics of canine distemp...</td></tr></table>Naked Science Newshttp://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/news/news/1000628/
naksci_news_1000628_d/m/YPumas are scared off their foodTue, 27 Jan 2015 14:22:14 +0000<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/typo3temp/GB/3662416250.jpg"></td><td> Living near human homes causes pumas to be scared off their food, according to a recent study.
After killing large prey like deer, a puma, or mountain lion, will normally remain nearby for a few days...</td></tr></table>Naked Science Newshttp://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/news/news/1000627/
naksci_news_1000627_d/m/YAncient scrolls read from 2000 years agoThu, 22 Jan 2015 14:58:04 +0000<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/typo3temp/GB/d4cae6aba4.jpg"></td><td> Two thousand year old charred scrolls recovered from the ancient Roman city of Herculaneum are being read by scientists in Italy using X-ray beams.The towns of Herculaneum, and nearby Pompei, were bur...</td></tr></table>Naked Science Newshttp://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/news/news/1000626/
naksci_news_1000626_d/m/YWeaponised insulin used for fish supperThu, 22 Jan 2015 14:30:08 +0000<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/typo3temp/GB/7a691ed302.jpg"></td><td> A predatory shellfish uses a souped-up form of insulin to immobilise fish prey so it can capture them, a new study has shown.
Growing to over 20 centimetres in length, members of the cone snail...</td></tr></table>Naked Science Newshttp://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/news/news/1000625/
naksci_news_1000625_d/m/YSuper-slippery, water-repellent surfacesThu, 22 Jan 2015 12:47:41 +0000<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/typo3temp/GB/37926692fd.jpg"></td><td> A new super-water-repellent, super-light absorptive, self-cleaning metal has been produced by scientists in New York.
The super-metal could be used to make low maintenance, highly effective solar pan...</td></tr></table>Naked Science Newshttp://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/news/news/1000624/
naksci_news_1000624_d/m/YHow to weigh a flying birdMon, 19 Jan 2015 15:24:55 +0000<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/typo3temp/GB/2c492ccc2e.jpg"></td><td> If a sealed box was full of birds, and all of the birds took flight together, would the box weigh less?
The Discovery Channel's Mythbusters did a simple experiment and concluded it wouldn't, but now...</td></tr></table>Naked Science Newshttp://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/news/news/1000623/
naksci_news_1000623_d/m/YCosmic ice could breed lifeMon, 19 Jan 2015 14:32:32 +0000<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/typo3temp/GB/d49927fe35.jpg"></td><td> Could cosmic ice clouds seed life on Earth? Life on Earth depends on a range of complex chemicals, including sugars that are used in genetic material like DNA and its relative, RNA. But it's always be...</td></tr></table>Naked Science Newshttp://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/news/news/1000622/
naksci_news_1000622_d/m/YSea Turtle Sat NavThu, 15 Jan 2015 15:36:55 +0000<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/typo3temp/GB/314dd4c3c3.jpg"></td><td> Adult sea turtles use memories of the Earth's magnetic field to return and lay eggs on the same beaches they were born on, scientists from North Carolina have discovered. Sea turtles hatch from eggs l...</td></tr></table>Naked Science Newshttp://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/news/news/1000621/
naksci_news_1000621_d/m/YOver the Himalayas like a roller coasterThu, 15 Jan 2015 14:40:03 +0000<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/typo3temp/GB/1c0fed8c1f.jpg"></td><td> Bar-headed geese use a "roller coaster" strategy to save energy on long journeys, according to new research published in Science this week.These birds can reach altitudes of around 6,000m in their twi...</td></tr></table>Naked Science Newshttp://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/news/news/1000620/
naksci_news_1000620_d/m/YCartoons are deadly for main charactersMon, 12 Jan 2015 17:49:59 +0000<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/typo3temp/GB/715d5f7728.jpg"></td><td> Children's cartoons contain more death than films for adults, according to recent research.
The study, published in the British Medical Journal, compared the time it took for major characters in cart...</td></tr></table>Naked Science Newshttp://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/news/news/1000619/
naksci_news_1000619_d/m/YObesity alters your genesFri, 9 Jan 2015 16:36:04 +0000<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/typo3temp/GB/a44d3a7074.jpg"></td><td> Scientists have uncovered how being obese can increase our risk of developing diseases such as diabetes, new research from the US has revealed.
Obesity-related disease costs the NHS over 4.7 billion...</td></tr></table>Naked Science Newshttp://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/news/news/1000618/
naksci_news_1000618_d/m/YWhy whales live so longThu, 8 Jan 2015 16:38:40 +0000<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/typo3temp/GB/3e79259801.jpg"></td><td> Whales are amongst the longest-lived animals on Earth, routinely notching up ages in three figures, and now researchers have taken the first steps to uncovering the genetic secret to their longevity.&...</td></tr></table>Naked Science Newshttp://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/news/news/1000617/
naksci_news_1000617_d/m/YWhy colds are more common in the coldThu, 8 Jan 2015 15:12:01 +0000<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/typo3temp/GB/692234edd5.jpg"></td><td> It was dismissed by doctors for decades as a myth, but now scientists have proven that getting cold really can increase your chances of catching your death, or at least a rhinovirus!
Spread, quite li...</td></tr></table>Naked Science Newshttp://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/news/news/1000616/
naksci_news_1000616_d/m/YBromance is in the air for male macaquesMon, 15 Dec 2014 17:56:59 +0000<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/typo3temp/GB/47e176e57f.jpg"></td><td> Friendships between male monkeys help alleviate stress, a new study has shown.
A study published in the journal PNAS looked at the strength of bonding among male Barbary macaques to assess the effect...</td></tr></table>Naked Science Newshttp://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/news/news/1000614/
naksci_news_1000614_d/m/YUniversities guilty of sexing up scienceMon, 15 Dec 2014 12:38:59 +0000<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/typo3temp/GB/0798616dfd.jpg"></td><td> Journalists often get the blame when stories are said to have been sexed up by the media. But a new study in the British Medical Journal this week found that, in fact, the fault might lie with univers...</td></tr></table>Naked Science Newshttp://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/news/news/1000613/
naksci_news_1000613_d/m/YScientists make life with lasersMon, 15 Dec 2014 11:23:57 +0000<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/typo3temp/GB/519fde27cc.jpg"></td><td> Using a laser to simulate asteroid and comet impacts on the early Earth, scientists have created the chemical building blocks of DNA in a dish.
How life began on Earth about 4 billion years ago rema...</td></tr></table>Naked Science Newshttp://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/news/news/1000612/
naksci_news_1000612_d/m/YOcean plastic to the moon and backMon, 15 Dec 2014 11:21:33 +0000<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/typo3temp/GB/72e549488a.jpg"></td><td> Plastic debris equivalent to a string of plastic bottles stretching to the moon and back isadrift in the Earth's oceans, a new study has shown.
Writing in PLoS One, Five Gyres Institute scienti...</td></tr></table>Naked Science Newshttp://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/news/news/1000611/
naksci_news_1000611_d/m/Y"Non-echolocating" bats do echolocateFri, 5 Dec 2014 11:24:23 +0000<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/typo3temp/GB/fed568eca3.jpg"></td><td> Of the 1200 known bat species, 85% use sound to find their way around and to hunt; the other 15%, which are generally dubbed fruit bats, are regarded as non-echolocators that rely on vision for flying...</td></tr></table>Naked Science Newshttp://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/news/news/1000610/
naksci_news_1000610_d/m/YKnocking herpes on the the headFri, 5 Dec 2014 11:00:53 +0000<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/typo3temp/GB/4e99c683c6.jpg"></td><td> A novel treatment for herpes virus, the infection linked to recurrent cold sores and genital ulcers, has been discovered by US researchers.
About 90% of the adult population are infected with herpes...</td></tr></table>Naked Science Newshttp://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/news/news/1000607/
naksci_news_1000607_d/m/YElectric eels remote control their preyThu, 4 Dec 2014 20:04:58 +0000<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/typo3temp/GB/9da6f6780e.jpg"></td><td> Electric eels use remote control to force their prey to disclose themselves, new research has shown.
Electric eels use high-voltage discharges to stun their prey. The volley of electrical impulses, p...</td></tr></table>Naked Science Newshttp://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/news/news/1000606/
naksci_news_1000606_d/m/YBrain worm found in British manMon, 1 Dec 2014 17:34:02 +0000<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/typo3temp/GB/cb83c6523a.jpg"></td><td> Have you ever had that nightmare where there are creepy crawlies in your body? For one unfortunate man, this nightmare became a reality.
In 2008, a man visited a Cambridge hospital complaining of a ...</td></tr></table>Naked Science Newshttp://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/news/news/1000605/
naksci_news_1000605_d/m/YMosquito genome clue to malariaFri, 28 Nov 2014 15:04:27 +0000<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/typo3temp/GB/3d52cce2ad.jpg"></td><td> The genomes of 16 species of mosquito have been read in a new studyto shed light on why only some species of the insect can transmit malaria to humans.
Malaria is one of the world's most commo...</td></tr></table>Naked Science Newshttp://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/news/news/1000604/
naksci_news_1000604_d/m/YDNA survives space travelFri, 28 Nov 2014 14:31:38 +0000<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/typo3temp/GB/0886d3bba2.jpg"></td><td> DNA smeared on the side of a space rocket survived a trip into space and re-entry, tantalisingly hinting that the recipe for life on Earth, or even life itself, could hop between worlds.
Zurich Univ...</td></tr></table>Naked Science Newshttp://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/news/news/1000603/
naksci_news_1000603_d/m/YPetri Dish That Goes "Ouch"Fri, 28 Nov 2014 10:50:10 +0000<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/typo3temp/GB/18b5092109.jpg"></td><td> Pain-sensing nerves have been made by reprogramming cultured skin cells for the first time.
Up to 20% of individuals experience chronic pain syndromes of one form or another, but up to now th...</td></tr></table>Naked Science Newshttp://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/news/news/1000602/
naksci_news_1000602_d/m/YWhat price to protect another?Fri, 21 Nov 2014 17:45:22 +0000<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/typo3temp/GB/c75219e670.jpg"></td><td> Are people selfish or selfless? We would all like to think that we are good people, but would we really help others at a cost to ourselves? A surprising new study in the journal PNAS says yes&qu...</td></tr></table>Naked Science Newshttp://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/news/news/1000601/
naksci_news_1000601_d/m/YPill warps womens' mate choicesFri, 21 Nov 2014 10:03:32 +0000<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/typo3temp/GB/af1e62d720.jpg"></td><td> Using the oral contraceptive pill can alter the way a woman chooses a mate and cause subsequent marital difficulties, research from the US has shown.
In two linked studies that followed 118 newly-we...</td></tr></table>Naked Science Newshttp://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/news/news/1000600/
naksci_news_1000600_d/m/YGut bugs build brain barrierFri, 21 Nov 2014 10:00:20 +0000<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/typo3temp/GB/5a474625c4.jpg"></td><td> The blood brain barrier, which chemically ring-fences the nervous system from the rest of the body and is critical for the health of the brain, depends upon bacteria for its formation, a new study has...</td></tr></table>Naked Science Newshttp://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/news/news/1000599/
naksci_news_1000599_d/m/YBankers behaving badlyFri, 21 Nov 2014 09:41:31 +0000<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/typo3temp/GB/de4596d5a9.jpg"></td><td> The financial environment makes bankers behave badly and become prone to dishonesty, new research has shown.
Public opinion surveys placed bankers amongst the leaat-trusted members of society...</td></tr></table>Naked Science Newshttp://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/news/news/1000598/
naksci_news_1000598_d/m/YReduce Distractions with Brain TrainingThu, 20 Nov 2014 13:48:03 +0000<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/typo3temp/GB/bc6d089717.jpg"></td><td> Ignoring distractions becomes more of a problem as we age, but, according to a new study, special brain training may be able to help.
By putting both older rats and older humans through...</td></tr></table>Naked Science Newshttp://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/news/news/1000597/
naksci_news_1000597_d/m/YClimate predicts religious beliefsFri, 14 Nov 2014 17:53:13 +0000<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/typo3temp/GB/39d7f44da6.jpg"></td><td> What do religion and theenvironmenthave in common? In the biggest study of its kind, where people live has predicted what they believe.
People living places where the climate is har...</td></tr></table>Naked Science Newshttp://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/news/news/1000596/
naksci_news_1000596_d/m/YTwo strikes, and you're outFri, 14 Nov 2014 11:41:11 +0000<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/typo3temp/GB/07ab3921d0.jpg"></td><td> Climate change looks set to increase the rates of lightning strikes, a new study has shown. Worldwide there are more than 2000 thunderstorms occurring at any one moment, zapping the Earth below roughl...</td></tr></table>Naked Science Newshttp://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/news/news/1000595/
naksci_news_1000595_d/m/YThought control of gene expressionFri, 14 Nov 2014 11:22:19 +0000<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/typo3temp/GB/8e7b8c5638.jpg"></td><td> A system that allows a person to use their thoughts alone to switch on a gene in a batch of cultured cells, or even in a mouse, has been developed by scientists in Switzerland.
Writing in Nature Com...</td></tr></table>Naked Science Newshttp://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/news/news/1000594/
naksci_news_1000594_d/m/YDNA Analogue Memory MechanismFri, 14 Nov 2014 11:17:41 +0000<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/typo3temp/GB/b712f65d32.jpg"></td><td> Bacteria with DNA memories have been made by scientists in the US.
Weight-for-weight and space-for-space, DNA offers the most compact and efficient information storage system yet discovered. ...</td></tr></table>Naked Science Newshttp://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/news/news/1000593/
naksci_news_1000593_d/m/YWikipedia predicts disease arrivalFri, 14 Nov 2014 10:02:38 +0000<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/typo3temp/GB/cb9fb63c1c.jpg"></td><td> Disease outbreaks can be predicted around 28 days in advance using pageview data from Wikipedia, a new study has shown.
Scientists looked at influenza outbreaks in the United States, Poland, Japan ...</td></tr></table>Naked Science Newshttp://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/news/news/1000591/
naksci_news_1000591_d/m/YFetus found in ancient horseFri, 7 Nov 2014 17:58:37 +0000<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/typo3temp/GB/53b97dae80.jpg"></td><td> The fossilised remains of a 47 million year old pregnant horse complete with its placenta and foal has been uncovered by researchers in Germany.
Working in what was a lake in the Eocene time, but whi...</td></tr></table>Naked Science Newshttp://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/news/news/1000590/
naksci_news_1000590_d/m/Y"Trans-poo-sion" to help you slim?Fri, 7 Nov 2014 09:56:14 +0000<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/typo3temp/GB/d1c0d4ebe4.jpg"></td><td> Some individuals carry genes that select populations of gut microbes that keep them slim, a new study has shown.
So the saying goes, you are what you eat, but a study comparing the bugs ...</td></tr></table>Naked Science Newshttp://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/news/news/1000589/
naksci_news_1000589_d/m/YShift work harms cognitionFri, 7 Nov 2014 09:55:22 +0000<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/typo3temp/GB/3c1b0699a3.jpg"></td><td> Working anti-social shifts over many years can dent your brain power, a new study has shown.
Previously, many studies have examined the health impacts of shift work, confirming elevated ris...</td></tr></table>Naked Science News